RubensThis biography of Peter Paul Rubens, written by German art historian Hermann Knackfuss, is considered to be the most authoritative text on the artist since its publication. |
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On the other , the following from the same poet : ( G Pray that in your healthy body may live a healthy mind ; And that your heart may neither flinch from death Nor be given over to passion and desire .
On the other , the following from the same poet : ( G Pray that in your healthy body may live a healthy mind ; And that your heart may neither flinch from death Nor be given over to passion and desire .
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... the North - Wind , now in the Academy of Vienna , or the Rape of the Daughters of Leucippos by Castor and Pollux , now in the. 46 Death of the Consul P Decius Mus Sketch for an engraving; in Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna.
... the North - Wind , now in the Academy of Vienna , or the Rape of the Daughters of Leucippos by Castor and Pollux , now in the. 46 Death of the Consul P Decius Mus Sketch for an engraving; in Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna.
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... which , on so grand a scale , has never since been attempted . The number of souls is endless ; thousands and thousands seem massed together : and in both pictures the impression is conveyed Fig . 46 . DEATH OF THE CONSUL .
... which , on so grand a scale , has never since been attempted . The number of souls is endless ; thousands and thousands seem massed together : and in both pictures the impression is conveyed Fig . 46 . DEATH OF THE CONSUL .
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DEATH OF THE CONSUL . P. Decius Mus . Sketch for an engraving . In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 66. ) ...
DEATH OF THE CONSUL . P. Decius Mus . Sketch for an engraving . In the Liechtenstein Gallery at Vienna . After a photograph from the original by Braun , Clément & Co. , Dornach , Paris and New - York . ( To page 66. ) ...
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There certainly can be nothing more finished , nor more complete in itself , than the above - mentioned representation of the heroic Death of the Consul P. Decius Mus . Yet this composition is really taken from another picture of much ...
There certainly can be nothing more finished , nor more complete in itself , than the above - mentioned representation of the heroic Death of the Consul P. Decius Mus . Yet this composition is really taken from another picture of much ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Rubens Volume 9 of Monographs on artists ... IX |
| Author | Hermann Knackfuss |
| Translated by | Luise Marie Schwaab Richter |
| Publisher | Velhagen & Klasing, 1904 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 168 pages |
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